Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-09-10

shine, the notorious Cherokee Indian,
will be executed 81 Tallequah to-day for
the murder of Long Jonn, another Indian,
on Christmas night last Sunshine mss
been respited three times by the chief Of
the nation. On one occasion MS cOti1
Was ready Gnd the rope stretched, but 81
the last moment the reprieve was re-
ceiyed.
SUNSHINE Gogs OUT.
Special to the Gazette.
TALEQUAH, l. t. Sept Spade
Sunshine was hanged here to-day in the
National prison yard, at Has O'Clock.
lie was convicted of the murder of Long
I John, SsquOyah district, Iast Christmas
night. He showed no signs of fesr and
was neryy TO the last. He spoke from
/ the sCaf1ld, gave snort history of the
crime and acknowledged the same,
though he said he did not get Justice in
his trisI. His life had been threatened
and he thOaght Long John did il, and
that is the reason ne killed him. Both
Sunshine and Long John were ful}-9lOOt
/ Cherokees.
HUNG AT BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, Mp, Sept John
Thomas Ross, colored, was executed to-
day at 12:42 p. III. for the murder of
Emily Brown, white. lie spent the few
remsining hours of his life after break
FAST in conversation with his visitors and
in singing and invocation to the Al
!; mighty Towards o'clock visitors in
! the cell sang Nearer my God to Thee, p"
and although Ross did not repeat the
] words throughout his voice could be
heard clear and distinct and without 8
tremor. lie then came out of the cell
in his shirt sleeves, and With bOth hands
in his pocket gsZed for g minute or
so at the newspaper men and
officers of the Jail standing about the
lobby. His eyes were gla ed ami he
. gsZed about and up at the ceiling. There
e was not however the slightest indication
OF nervousness in any movement he
made. About $50 q. m. Rev. S. Allen
and Reed Ross made their appearance
and were shown st once TO the cell OF the
doomed msn. They eNhorted Ross tC
> bear up under the trying ordeal, and 70
L put mis- trust in the Lord. Ross responded
9 to their tNlOrtetiOns by starting the
2 hymn, at Is Well With My Soul" The
/. clergymen and two men Joined in TIT
n chorus, and the music reached through
out the entire building. Rev. Mr.. /eiLk
son came in st 10 O'Clock and. went into
the cell Just as the group around Ross
were singing, at Is Good To Be There
3 Ross then sang a solo, 81 DO Not Want {
j. Leave Thst Happy Home" and It wa.
4 noticed for the first time that ht
e appeared nervous. Two OF Ross
relatives came to the all about l0-4J
i and were st once admitted to his cell
e Ross was deeply affected st the meeting
/ and their presence seemed still further 4
: unnerve him. Then the ministers in
II toned hymn, 'I'Il Soon be at Home ;
There were only those present whC
were invited by the sheriff. A
the appointed hour Ross started
from his cell to the gaIlow5. A few
20 minutes later he was manaCled and the
black cap drawn over his face. Tn
Al spring was touched and the trap fell
% Ross died without struggle; his nee
was not broken and he died of :strangula
~ ton in lOd minutes.
~ The crime for which Ross paid the pen
Il atty with his life was the murder of 8
e old white woman, Emily Brown, on tn
)e night OF the 10th of December last. Mis-
TT Brown was of good family. and in earle
u days she bore q good reputation, bu
8, gradually dTifted into dissipation. Il
I'd killed the woman for the sake OF To
le money he could get for her body by selIin
lie it to the medical college. The wounds II
~ vealed the fact of the murder and led 20 li
IN arrest and conviction. He alleged an
lie maintained TO the last that Auderso
&c Perry, Employed at the institution, con
IN mitted the murder and that AiDel
E, Hawkins, another cOlored man, helped
d. do the deed, but his story was not 5(
TT Ifeyed and thew were acquitted